Something about this beautiful day – the sky a bit hazier
than in the past several days, but still 74 degrees with a soft breeze – shored
up my courage. I climbed to the top of the kite-flying hill for the best view
of the old gas works. When you’re used to many months of overcast skies, it’s a
treat to have sufficient natural light for strong shadows, so I decided to
feature the interesting shadow cast by a main pipe.

Technical note: When it was time to refill my fountain pen a
few days ago, on a whim I filled it with waterproof Platinum Sepia ink instead of my usual Platinum Carbon Black. I bought the bottle of Sepia a couple of
years ago and tried it briefly, but it doesn’t dry as quickly as Carbon Black
does, so I kept smearing it and decided I preferred Carbon Black. But every now
and then I get into a brown mood (Diamine Chocolate Brown water-soluble ink is an all-time favorite), so I gave Sepia
another try. It turned out to be perfect for today’s sketch of those warm reddish-brown
gas works.

1 comment:

The sepia really works for the gas works!!! You were able to capture a lot of the detail. I look at those kinds of places and spend so much time trying to identify what I'm seeing. lol That was quite a bit to sketch. Nice work!!